Transcribed from the 14 December 1853 edition ,
THE
KENSINGTON GAZETTE,
And GENERAL ADVERTISER,
For Kensington,Hammersmith, Bayswater, Notting Hill,Shepherd’s Bush, &c. &c.
No. 2. GuaranteedGratuitous Circulation, FourThousand.—Published every Wednesday. Dec.14, 1853
ADVERTISEMENTS.
TERMS.—PREPAYMENT.
Single Column, per line | 3d. |
Double Column, per line | 6d. |
AReduction on a Series of Advertisements.
Kensington ParochialInstitute.
A Lecture will be delivered in theAssembly Rooms, King’s Arms, High-street, Kensington, onFriday Evening, Dec. 16, by Sam.Sidney, Esq., on Hints,Anecdotes, and Axioms for Emigrants.—Tickets at the Doors,One Shilling each. The Lecture commences at half-past eighto’clock.
Gough’s Orations,
illustrated by eminent artists.—Price 1d. Sold atStrutt’s Printing-office, 16, Church-street Kensington.
“Mr. Gough is a well-adjusted mixture of thepoet, orator, and dramatist: in fact, an EnglishGavazzi”.—BritishBanner.
“His audience were at one time excited to tears, and atanother convulsed with laughter.”—Leeds Mercury.
“His descriptions are lost upon paper: he must be heardto be appreciated.”—Ladies’ Companion.
WINTER CLOTHING.
Who needs a good Great Coat to keep himwarm,
From wet protected,—free from Winter’sstorm,—
Who such a needful want desires to buy,
So cheap it can all bargains defy,
Should join, at once, the throngs who weekly go
To get their suits at Befford’s cheap Depot;
First-rate materials—first-rate work as well,
To all who doubt, delighted buyers tell—
In High-street, Kensington, but once enquire,
Where you can purchase Befford’s best attire;
Whose clothes fit easy, and are worn with grace,
Prompt comes the answer, Four, in Mayfield-place.
Let Befford once your patronage obtain,
He feels assured that you will call again.
The Cheapest & Best GreatCoats, Over Coats, Shooting Coats, and every description of Coatmade to measure, at W. BEFFORD’S, 4, Mayfield-place,High-street Kensington.—Fit and workmanshipwarranted. Repairs and alterations cheap.
GAS FITTING DONE
In all its branches, by J. E. OLIVER, (son of the late R.Oliver, in the same trade nearly half a century,) Locksmith,Bell-hanger, and Stove and Range maker, 16, Orchard-street,Holland-street, Kensington.
Jobbing in all itsbranches.
New Writing Paper.
The NEW STRAW WRITING PAPER, manufactured expressly forPARKINS & GOTTO.—This paper is invaluable to rapidwriters: it has a hard smooth surface, can be writte